This event has already taken place. It ran on 8 May 2026 – 16 May 2026 in Vienna, Austria.
ViennaUP 2026
Decentralized city-wide startup festival across 50+ partner events over nine days with 10,000+ international attendees, 1,500+ startups, and active investor matchmaking. Most sessions free or low-cost; main-stage passes around EUR 200. Tracks span social impact, smart city, life sciences, and creative tech, a key CEE entry point for founders.
Details
- Date
- 8 May 2026 – 16 May 2026
- Format
- In-person
- Price
- € · Budget
- Target audience
- Founders
Speakers
14- Titi Akinsanmi Global Policy Team Lead, Google
- Christian Trummer Chief Scientist, Bitpanda
- Günce Önür General Partner, Startup Wise Guys
- Cornelia Nussbaumer Head of Sustainability and Innovation, Wiener Linien
- Laurenz Simbruner General Partner & Co-Founder, PUSH Ventures
- Gerald Pollak Principal, 3VC
- Karin Andrea Stephan Co-Founder & COO, Earkick
- Patrik Cesky Managing Director, aws Gründungsfonds
- Christoph Jentzsch CEO, Tokenize.it
- Tanja Emmerling Partner, HTGF
- Kilian Kaminski Founder, Refurbed
- Thomas Gangl Executive Board Member, OMV
- Bernhard Niesner Board Member, Austrian Startups
- Inga Grieger Managing Director, BMW i Ventures
Who's taking part
Organizers
1- Vienna Business Agency External site
Partners
9- 120 Ventures External site
- Austrian Startups External site
- AustrianStartups
- aws Gruenderfonds
- Female Founders External site
- FFG (Austrian Research Promotion Agency) External site
- Impact Hub Vienna
- INiTS
- Wiener Stadtwerke External site
Explore the Austria ecosystem
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